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Caption: Planning Report - Justification for New Agricultural Engineering Building
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JUSTIFICATION FOR A NEW AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING BUILDING - 2 Illinois biggest employer of agricultural engineers * Twice as many agricultural engineers are employed in Illinois as in any other state, and the demand far exceeds the number trained in Illinois. This continuing demand for agricultural engineering graduates challenges us to provide quality research and teaching facilities to meet the manpower needs of industry, government, and education. Diversity of demand. There is great diversity in career opportunities for agricultural engineers, but the greatest demand comes from agriculture and agriculture—related industries. (1) Production of beef, hogs, and other meat animals in Illinois is valued at $1.3 billion a year* Agricultural engineers have contributed significantly to solving the problems of housing and handling this ever-increasing production. They are now very much involved in seeking answers to waste disposal and associated environmental problems. (2) The food processing industry has many challenging engineering problems. Among the more difficult ones is environmental pollution that grows out of the disposal of wastes generated during processing. (3) Illinois is a leading vood-using state. In addition to product utilization, waste disposal problems in this industry also pose another challenge to the agricultural engineer* (U) Land and water management and the harvesting, marketing, and processing of food and feed grains, vegetable and fruit products and fiber crops have long been major program thrusts for agricultural engineering departments. (5) Illinois has the greatest concentration of agricultural and industrial equipment manufacturers in the world number of agricultural engineers. The diverse needs of agriculture and its related industries, particularly viewed in relation to environmental quality, make it imperative that a new facility be provided. and a corresponding need for a sizable
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